Environmental Planning for Small Communities
This program offers a complete one-stop introduction to a wide range of environmental issues and decisions that affect small to medium-sized communities. It offers communities the chance to judge their own needs and preferences, and to make informed decisions on their own.
- Environmental laws and regulations
- Self-assessment
- Planning and comparative risk analysis
- Financial tools and financial self-analysis
- Case studies
- Contact and information directory
Each section includes interactive tools, such as a notebook tool to fill in and save survey forms and keep notes. The program combines and integrates numerous publications from Federal agencies and States like Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, and Utah. The result is a user-friendly product that combines the virtues of an encyclopedia and a Swiss army knife! Created 1998 by M. de Gortari, A. Krause, D. Jones; updated 2003.
Audiences:
- environmental professionals
- small communities
- concerned citizens
Download and install the software
- All you need to view the program is a Web browser
- Download Environmental Planning for Small Communities - trilogy.zip (compressed file, 2.6MB, unzips to 5.3MB)
- Double-click the file to uncompress and install the program. We suggest saving it to C:\Program Files\seahome\trilogy\
- Start your browser and choose File > Open > C:\Program Files\seahome\trilogy\src\title.htm
View the software online
The material you are about to view is a product of Purdue University.
This environmental software program was produced by Purdue University under a cooperative agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Although this material was prepared in collaboration with EPA, Purdue University is the author, holds the exclusive copyright, and is solely responsible for its content subject to the terms of the cooperative agreemeent. Limitations under the copyright, which allows for free reproduction and distribution of the software, can be found on the program's title page.
EPA continues to work with Purdue University in developing new environmental software and updating older material, and we appreciate being notified of any errors or other issues.
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